ritty



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. RITTY.

CASH RECORDER.

No. 318,506. Patented May 26, 1885.

(NO Model.) v 2 Sheets-Sheet 2,

J. RITTY.

. CASH RECORDER. l No. 318,506. Patented May 26, 1,885.

Jif.

JAMEs nrrrY, or barren, eine, nssrcncn FriesQ TO THE NATIONAL MLINII FACTURING CMFANY, 0F SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATIGN forming part of eters Patent No. 318,596, dated May 26,1885.

' Application filed September 2l, 1883. (No model.)

.T 0 all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, Jnrrns Rrr'rv, a citizen ot' the United States, residing' at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash Recorders and Indicators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of cash recorders and indicators designed for the use of store-keepers and others as a means of accurately registering the total cash receipts for any given period of time-as a day, for instance-and for indicating to the customers that the amount paid has been registered by disclosing to their view such amounts upon iigured tablets, and it is an improvement upon the machine patented January30,l883,to Ritty and Birch, No. 271,363, and also upon the ma chine for which Clinton H. Maltby has concurrently with this filed his application for Letters Patent.

Like the machines above referred to, the arrangement and operation of my present machine is such that no tablet can be exhibited without its value being counted or registered upon the registering mechanism, and whenever any tablet is disclosed it remains so until the machine is operated to disclose a second tablet.

The novelty of my invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts, as will be herewith set forth and speciiically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the machine removed from its case or cabinet. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central sectional view through the rewindingroller with a portion of the perforated paper detached. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the machine. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of one of the rewinding-rolls.

In any suitable framework, A, are journaled at B the keys C and the vibrating framed), supported by the spring E. Upon the rear ends of the keys rest the tablet-rcds F, carrying the tablets G. H is the belt-open ating arm, with suitable connections for also operating the tablet-supporting wings I. All of these parts may be constructed as shown and described in the Ritty and Birch patent and Maltby application above referred to, and they operate in the saine manner and for the same purpose as therein described.

Insuitable journals in the frame-work, preferably over the rear ends of the keys, is removably hung a roll of paper, J, extending across the entire bank of keys. rIhe paper is brought down from the roll J under a perfo rated bar, suitably secured to the frame over a second bar, L, which I term the Hcutting-off bar,7 and is then attached to the removable rewinding-roller M in the following manner: A slot is cut in the face of the roll longitudinally its entire length, into which is snugly fitted a bar, N, which is held at oneend by a shoulder, a, and at the other by aspringcatch, i, Fig. 2. To secure the end of the paper to the roll it is only necessary to place it across the slot and then press the bar N over it into place, thus clamping it. To one end of the roller Mis secured a ratchet-wheel, 0, with which a gravitating dog, P, pivoted to an upward-extending arm, R, of the frame D, engages, as shown. Also engaging with the ratchet-wheel is a gravitating locking dog or pallet, S, pivoted to the frame, as at c. Fach key is provided with a punch or perforatingpin, T, arranged directly under a corresponding perforation (represented by dotted lines t) in the bar K. When the keys are in their normal position, the puncturing-points or' these pins do not quite touch the paper; but whenever any key is operated to expose its tablet and ring the bell its pin T will perforate the paper. rIhe depression of a key does not move the rewinding-roll M, for the reason that the arm R with its dog P is drawn back but the returning of the key to its normal position through the medium of the frame D and spring E throws forward the dog l? and causes the roll M to be partially turned, thus winding upon itself a portion of the paper, and bringing a fresh or unperforated part directly over the puncturing-pins. Any suitable brake may be applied to the roll J, to enable the paper to be held taut under the perforating-bar or between the two rolls. In this instance I have applied a removable pivoted iron brake-bar, U, whose spring-arms d are pivoted to pins e, projecting from the main frame, as seen in Fig. 3. n the present instance the keys are numbered in the progressive series 5, 10, l5, up to The paper has printed upon it at intervals,in rows coincident to the keys, numbers to correspond with the respective keys, as seen in the detached portion of the paper at Fig. 2. rEhe perforations, then, made by each key will be in a straight line along the paper, as shown. At the end of a days work, or whenever it is desired to ascertain how much has been registered, the proprietor, who alone has access to the cabinet or case in which the machine is coniined, with his hand turns the roller M until he brin gs all of the perforations between the cutting-bar L and 'the roller M, and with a knife, and the bar L as a guide, severs the paper. He then lifts out the roller M, detaches therefrom the perforated paper, and proceeds to count the perfolations in each row. For instan fe, we will suppose he finds seventy in the tive-cent row. Hejots down S53. 50 and proceeds to count the next or ten-cent row, in which he iinds, say, iiftyperforations, for which he jets down 55, and so on until he has counted all the perforations, and by adding` the different sums ascertains how much cash has been taken in. He then, to reset the machine for the next days work, draws forward the eut end of the paper Vfrom the roll J, replaces the roll hi in its journals, and clamps the end ot' the paper with the bar N, as before described. He is then ready -to start the machine again. The detached perforated pieces of paper may be kept and liled away as a permanent record, if desired. Vhenever the roll J is exhaust-ed another new roll may be put in its place.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claiml. in va recording1 and indicating` machine, the combination, with a series of operatingkeys of tixed values and a series of indicatingtablets, one for each key and operated thereby, of two rolls, paper wound thereon and of a width equal to the entire bank ot' keys, said paper beingI marked or printed upon with characters in rows coincident with said keys, and a punch or perfo ating device applied to each key, and connecting mechanism whereby when any key is operated a puncture for each operation of the key may be made in the paper adjacent to the character on the paper corresponding1 with that represented by the dcpressed key, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the keys G, provided with perforating-pins F, the supply-roll J, perforating-bar K, rewinding-roll M, a paper winding` from the roll J onto the roll M, and marked or printed upon in rows with characters coincident with said keys, operating-log P, and locking-dopr S, with connecting,` mechanism adapted to permit any ot' the keys when operated to make a puncture for each operation of the lever at or adjacent to the character on the paper corresponding with that represented by the depressed key, subv stantially as set forth.

TMES Rl'lTY.

Titnesses:

HARRY H. Pune-1r, GEORGE (D. WARRINGTON. 

